Calgary mayor floats plebiscite after provincial education property tax increase
Adam MacVicar / globalnews - Calgary's mayor made the comments during a special meeting of council called to discuss the potential impact of the provincial budget on Calgarians.
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What does health care coverage for newcomers cost Alberta?
Alanna Smith / theglobeandmail - Experts weigh in on the potential effects of the province’s coming referendum on immigration
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PINDER: Danielle Smith’s Alberta referendum is a strategic masterstroke and Ottawa should be worried
Herb Pinder / westernstandard - The focus in Alberta, less so in the country, has been on the forthcoming referendum regarding independence. But Premier Smith recently called for a different referendum, one that follows the Alberta Next Review Panel. Led by Smith, it toured the province…
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WATCH LIVE: Smith’s big referendum gambit
Derek Fildebrandt / westernstandard - WATCH LIVE: Smith’s big referendum gambit
- Immigration fight: referendum's policies, costs and community backlash (17)
- Independence drumbeat: Referendum's separatist implications on Albertans' minds (5)
- Other: legal warnings, expert analysis and polling context (2)
- Political leverage: Referendum as bargaining chip, not governance (6)
Immigration fight: referendum's policies, costs and community backlash
Independence drumbeat: Referendum's separatist implications on Albertans' minds
Other: legal warnings, expert analysis and polling context
Political leverage: Referendum as bargaining chip, not governance
Back to Top / Friday, February 20, 2026, 11:21 am / permalink 19470 / 30 stories in 14 days
Danielle Smith plays separation carrot-and-stick
Editorial / winnipegfreepress - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is beginning to look like something of a separation arsonist. While she’s argued repeatedly that she’s not a supporter of having Alberta separate from Canada (but […]
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Change in government won't stop separatist movement, says leader
sootoday - CALGARY — A leader in the Alberta separatist movement says a Conservative government would not stop their drive to secede from Canada. Jeffrey Rath is the general counsel for the separatist promoter group Stay Free Alberta.
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Doug Ford: A Parti Québécois victory would be a ‘disaster’ for Canada
Harry North / montrealgazette - “There has never been a more important time in our history to make sure we act together,” he says as provincial leaders gather in Ottawa.
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Corb Lund sees anti-coal mining petition drive re-approved by Elections Alberta
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Elections Alberta says the application to petition the government to pass a prohibition on all new coal exploration or coal mining activities in southern Alberta has been approved.
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Smith to let the Alberta independence petition play out
Will Vasseur / westernstandard - Alberta's Premier Danielle Smith intends to allow the Alberta independence petition to play out before her government considers intervening to stop the movement, she announced during her radio show on Saturday.
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Quebec citizens will be able to keep their Canadian passports, according to PSPP
Jessica Barile / citynews - Citizens of a potential independent Quebec will be able to retain their Canadian citizenship, concluded PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon on Friday. He presented the citizenship section of his Blue Book, a comprehensive document intended to answer questi…
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Hundreds line up near Edmonton to endorse referendum on Alberta leaving Canada
sootoday - STONY PLAIN — Hundreds of people braved bone-chilling temperatures today at a community centre just west of Edmonton to sign a petition to force a vote on Alberta leaving Canada.
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PQ leader says it’s time to relaunch debate on sovereignty after Legault resignation
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says François Legault’s resignation proves Quebec cannot gain autonomy within Canada and renews the case for sovereignty.
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PQ leader says it's time to relaunch debate on sovereignty after Legault resignation
sootoday - MONTREAL — The leader of the Parti Québécois says it's time to refocus the political debate in Quebec to sovereignty following Premier François Legault's resignation.
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‘This is overwhelming’: Alberta separatists praise turnout for petition signing
Ken MacGillivray / globalnews - There was a huge turnout in Red Deer on Wednesday as supporters of Alberta's independence lined up to sign a petition calling for a referendum on Alberta's separation from Canada.
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Legault’s departure could usher in a separatist government and another referendum in Quebec
Karl Nerenberg / rabble - Quebec premier Legault managed to run a right-wing government that hewed a middle course between unconditional commitment to a united Canada and separation. It was much like the old Union Nationale party of Maurice Duplessis. As he leaves politics, Legaul…
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Alberta group gets green light to collect signatures for separation referendum
sootoday - EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA — Alberta's election agency has fired the starter's pistol on the race to collect enough names for a referendum on the province quitting Canada.
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Alberta, Quebec referendums likely would fail due to Canadians’ anxiety: pollster
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Abacus Data has been studying what it calls the 'precarity mindset' in Canada for the last year.
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BREAKING: Alberta independence petition application meets requirements
Will Vasseur / westernstandard - Elections Alberta announced on Monday that the Alberta Prosperity Project's citizen initiative proposal application to hold a referendum on Alberta's independence meets the requirements, clearing the way for the final step before issuing a petition.
- Costly rule changes shake petition efforts (1)
- Critics slam controversial referendum maneuvers (2)
- Other: Isolated weather alert emerges (1)
- Rapid referendum approvals drive Alberta’s debate (9)
Costly rule changes shake petition efforts
Critics slam controversial referendum maneuvers
Other: Isolated weather alert emerges
Rapid referendum approvals drive Alberta’s debate
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Alberta Next panel recommends ditching RCMP, referendum to quit CPP
sootoday - EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s hand-picked panel re-examining the province's relationship with Ottawa says it’s time to ditch the RCMP and hold a provincewide referendum on quitting the Canada Pension Plan.
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Alberta increases referendum petition fees to $25,000 — a 5,000 per cent hike
Lisa Johnson / nationalobserver - Smith's UCP government had previously made it easier for citizens to apply for a policy initiative or constitutional referendum, including efforts to put Alberta separation on the ballot, but says the fee hike is necessary to "discourage frivolous applica…
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